Dual clutch

US8662273B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG · DE

Inventors

• Florian Krebs · Baden-Baden, DE
• Oliver Noehl · Bühl, DE
• René Daikeler · Sasbach, DE
• Bernhard Wolf · Poing, DE
• Luben Krahtov · Baden-Baden, DE
• Daniel Bosnjak · Seltz, FR
• Ivo Agner · Bogen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 14, 2012
• Grant date: Mar 4, 2014
• Expiry date: Sep 14, 2032

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F16D2021/0669
• WIPO field: Mechanical elements
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A dual clutch for coupling an engine-side input shaft with a first transmission-side and/or a second transmission-side output shaft. A first clutch has a first pressure plate, which is axially mobile relative to a first counter plate, for coupling with a first clutch disk connected to the first output shaft. A second clutch has a second pressure plate, which is axially mobile relative to a second counter plate, for coupling with a clutch disk connected to the second output shaft. A clutch cover is connected to the first and second counter plates. An actuator displaces the first and/or the second pressure plate. The actuator is radially supported on the input side on the input shaft by the clutch cover and a torsional vibration damper, which is connected to the clutch cover and is radially mounted on the output side on one of the output shafts and/or on a transmission housing.